First of all, let me talk about the Prime Minister. The prime minister is actually the "prime minister" we understand in general. This is a formal name. Many celebrities have become prime ministers in history. For example, Xiao He was called Premier Xiao, Cao Cao was called Premier Cao, and Hu was the last Prime Minister of China. Generally speaking, the prime minister is a position of "one person below and ten thousand people above" in a country. Besides the emperor, he is the boss.
Or he is actually a direct boss, such as "Prime Minister Cao". Of course, this is generally the case. When the emperor is particularly powerful, the prime minister is generally not good. For example, it is particularly difficult to be a prime minister during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. There were 13 prime ministers in his office, 4 of whom committed suicide while in office, 3 were killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and most of the remaining 6 did not come to a good end.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister directly replaced the emperor and became the "most dangerous occupation". Almost everyone didn't want to be promoted to this position by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Then, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty like to "kill" the Prime Minister so much? We'll talk later. Let's talk about the prime minister system, which was born in the Warring States period. In more distant times, emperors often set up various "No.2 figures" to assist themselves, but did not mention the prime minister.
The number two people in the Zhou Dynasty were generally sent down by the Zhou Emperor. They are a surname, a teacher and a Pacific insurance company. They are in charge of different fields, so their real power is not as big as that of the prime minister. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, governors began to recruit talents and manage the country, so they often gave talents great power. At this time, the real power "No.2 official position" similar to the "prime minister" began to appear, such as Zuo Shuchang of Qin State and Shang Yang. Later, the Prime Minister appeared. Cultural relics unearthed from Dongling, Qin State;
"In eight years, Xue Jun and the Prime Minister both died."
After Qin Shihuang unified China in 22 1 BC, he made the three public offices and nine public offices a system, and the Prime Minister was one of the "three public offices". But Qin Shihuang was also a cruel man, and his prime minister could not afford to turn over any big waves. Only after his death did Reese dare to do anything. However, the emperor is the emperor of one person, but the prime minister is the prime minister of hundreds of officials. Therefore, with the extension of the life of the dynasty, the phenomenon that the prime minister and the emperor competed for power and profit gradually appeared in history.
This is also an important clue in the history of China-the struggle between imperial power and relative power. In this struggle, the vast majority of emperors failed, because as soon as you open the history books, you will find that it is all about how good the prime minister is and how ignorant the emperor is. Only a few emperors can trample the prime minister on the ground, such as Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi and Ming Taizu. This is also the cause of the accidental death of most prime ministers below Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
So, what about the Prime Minister? Unlike the prime minister, the prime minister is not a specific official position, but a kind of "honorific title". Its general meaning is the same as that of the current "official of the imperial court", and it is also one of the best "officials". So the prime minister in history must be the prime minister, but the prime minister is not necessarily the prime minister. The so-called "slaughter" is domination; The so-called "phase" is to help governance.
Historically, Yi Yin was a "phase" and Jiang Taigong was a "tyrant". They were all people below one person and above ten thousand people at that time, so people combined the words "slaughter" and "phase" and became "prime ministers". However, the prime minister in history never refers to an official position or a person, but to all the officials in charge of important positions in the imperial court, which will be different from generation to generation.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, ministers of provinces and provinces under the command of Zhongshu were all prime ministers. Other officials can also be regarded as prime ministers if they are awarded the titles of participating in politics, knowing politics and knowing politics by the emperor. For example, Di Renjie was also the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. The prime ministers of the Song Dynasty are generally the same books, or participate in political affairs and so on.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the prime minister system put too much pressure on the imperial power, so he simply cancelled the post of prime minister. However, a country can live without a prime minister, but it cannot live without a prime minister. Because, after all, the emperor wants to distribute power to his subordinates and let them help him deal with political affairs. Therefore, the cabinet system came into being. Although there is no prime minister in the cabinet, there are cabinet records, which is actually equivalent to changing the form. Only the Prime Minister changed his name to Cabinet Records.